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The rail company said in a statement on its website: “There is a fire at Nottingham station. This is disrupting our trains on the Nottingham/London St Pancras Matlock/Nottingham/Newark, Nottingham/Mansfield/Worksop, Leicester/Lincoln/Grimby, Nottingham/Grantham/Skegness and Liverpool/Nottingham/Norwich routes.

“At present the station has been evacuated and the fire services are on site working to contain the fire to re-open the station.

“The station is currently closed and all of our trains cannot run to/from Nottingham.

The blaze at Nottingham station

“At present we are expecting the line to fully reopen in the next 1-3 hours. Trains are expected to be disrupted on the affected routes until this afternoon.

“We are currently looking at alternative arrangements to keep you on the move.”